acv - 57

acv@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].

acv@Isaiah:57:2 @ He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

acv@Isaiah:57:3 @ But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

acv@Isaiah:57:4 @ Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

acv@Isaiah:57:5 @ ye who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

acv@Isaiah:57:6 @ Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is thy portion. They, they are thy lot, even to them thou have poured a drink-offering; thou have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

acv@Isaiah:57:7 @ Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice.

acv@Isaiah:57:8 @ And behind the doors and the posts thou have set up thy memorial. For thou have uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and have gone up. Thou have enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them. Thou loved their bed where th

acv@Isaiah:57:9 @ And thou went to the king with oil, and increased thy perfumes, and sent thine ambassadors far off, and debased thyself even to Sheol.

acv@Isaiah:57:10 @ Thou were wearied with the length of thy way, yet thou did not say, It is in vain. Thou found a quickening of thy strength, therefore thou were not faint.

acv@Isaiah:57:11 @ And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me?

acv@Isaiah:57:12 @ I will declare thy righteousness. And as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

acv@Isaiah:57:13 @ When thou cry, let those whom thou have gathered deliver thee. But the wind shall take them; a breath shall carry them all away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

acv@Isaiah:57:14 @ And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

acv@Isaiah:57:15 @ For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

acv@Isaiah:57:16 @ For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

acv@Isaiah:57:17 @ For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him. I hid [my face] and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

acv@Isaiah:57:18 @ I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

acv@Isaiah:57:19 @ I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says LORD, and I will heal him.

acv@Isaiah:57:20 @ But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

acv@Isaiah:57:21 @ There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.

Isaiah 57